Acting
Sylvia Sidney
Born 1910-08-09 · Died 1999-07-01
Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She later gained attention for her role as Juno, a case worker in the afterlife, in Tim Burton's film Beetlejuice, for which she won a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actress. She also was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973).
Acting
Mars Attacks!
1996 · Grandma Norris
Used People
1992 · Becky
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Andre's Mother
1990 · Mrs. Downes
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Self
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Beetlejuice
1988 · Juno
The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987 · Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Pals
1987 · Fern Stobbs
An Early Frost
1985 · Beatrice McKenna
Finnegan Begin Again
1985 · Margaret
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
Copkiller
1983 · Margaret Smith
The Brass Ring
1983 · Grandmother
Having It All
1982 · Marney
Hammett
1982 · Donaldina Cameron
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Come Along with Me
1982 · Mrs. Flanner
A Small Killing
1981 · Sadie Ross
The Shadow Box
1980 · Felicity
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980 · Cousin Polly
The Gossip Columnist
1980 · Alma Lewellyn
Damien - Omen II
1978 · Aunt Marion
Siege
1978 · Lillian Gordon
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977 · Miss Coral
Snowbeast
1977 · Mrs. Carrie Rill
Raid on Entebbe
1976 · Dora Bloch
God Told Me To
1976 · Elizabeth Mullin
Death at Love House
1976 · Clara Josephs
Winner Take All
1975 · Anne Barclay
The Secret Night Caller
1975 · Kitty
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973 · Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother